Cruel King Mezentius follows his son to his death at the hands of Aeneas.
Hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here.
See the illustrated blog post here.
Aeneas’s men Euryalus and Nisus meet their end but take many foes with them. Hear the Latin and follow in English here and see the illustrated blog post https://www.pantheonpoets.com/?p=3558&preview=true.
On Troy’s last night, Hector appears to Aeneas in a dream. He tells Aeneas that the city is falling: he must escape and preserve the heritage of Troy by founding a great citadel for the City’s Gods across the seas. Hear the poem in Latin and follow it in English here.
Unknowingly but unwisely, Aeneas’s son Ascanius has shot a tame stag belonging to King Latinus’s steward and his daughter. This is the Fury Allecto’s chance to unleash bloodshed between the Latins and the Trojans. She herself blows a superhumanly powerful alarm on the Latins’ horn.
The illustration is from a manuscript of the 400s CE.
Hear the extract in Latin and follow in English here.